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SOURCE: Symantec
January 23, 2013 16:00 ET
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA--(Marketwire - Jan 23, 2013) - Symantec Corp. (NASDAQ: SYMC) today announced an enhanced capital allocation strategy that over time is expected to return approximately 50% of free cash flow to shareholders through a combination of dividends and share repurchases while still enabling the company to invest in its future.
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The company's capital allocation program includes initiation of a quarterly cash dividend, subject to declaration by the board of directors, targeting a yield of approximately 2.5% based on Symantec's closing stock price of $20.86 on January 22, 2013. The first payment is expected to occur in the June 2013 quarter. This will be the first cash dividend paid to shareholders in the company's history.
"A dividend program is a sign of the confidence we have in our just announced strategy and operational plan to accelerate organic growth," said Steve Bennett, Symantec president and chief executive officer. "It's a direct result of the tremendous growth prospects for the industry we're in and of Symantec's continued commitment to position itself as a leader at solving people's, businesses' and countries' most important needs related to protecting and managing their information."
The board of directors has also authorized a $1 billion share repurchase program commencing in the company's fiscal year 2014, which begins on March 30, 2013, in addition to the remaining $283 million in the current board authorized stock repurchase plan. Symantec will continue to buy back its shares opportunistically. Repurchases will be made in accordance with applicable securities laws in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions. Depending on market conditions and other factors, these repurchases may be commenced or suspended from time to time without prior notice.
"The initiation of a dividend and the renewed share repurchase authorization underscore the board and management's confidence in the company's long-term business outlook and ability to generate significant free cash flow on a consistent basis," said Symantec's executive vice president and chief financial officer, James Beer.
Symantec has scheduled a Webcast from 4:30 p.m. ET/1:30 p.m. PT to 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. PT today to discuss the Company's strategic direction, operational plan, capital allocation strategy and financial results. To listen to the live event and view the corresponding presentation, please go to http://www.symantec.com/invest at least 15 minutes early to register, download and install any necessary audio software. A replay of the webcast including presentation will be available within 24 hours after the event.
About Symantec
Symantec protects the world's information, and is a global leader in security, backup and availability solutions. Our innovative products and services protect people and information in any environment -- from the smallest mobile device, to the enterprise data centre, to cloud-based systems. Our world-renowned expertise in protecting data, identities and interactions gives our customers confidence in a connected world. More information is available at www.symantec.com or by connecting with Symantec at: go.symantec.com/socialmedia.
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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS: Any forward-looking indication of plans for products is preliminary and all future release dates are tentative and are subject to change. Any future release of the product or planned modifications to product capability, functionality, or feature are subject to ongoing evaluation by Symantec, and may or may not be implemented and should not be considered firm commitments by Symantec and should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions.
This press release contains statements regarding our intention to commence a dividend payment and engage in share buybacks, which may be considered forward-looking within the meaning of the U.S. federal securities laws. These statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to differ materially from results expressed or implied in this press release. Such risk factors include those related to: general economic conditions; maintaining customer and partner relationships; the anticipated growth of certain market segments, particularly with regard to security and storage; the competitive environment in the software industry; changes to operating systems and product strategy by vendors of operating systems; fluctuations in currency exchange rates; the timing and market acceptance of new product releases and upgrades; the successful development of new offerings and integration of acquired businesses, and the degree to which these offerings and businesses gain market acceptance. Actual results may differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements in this press release. We assume no obligation, and do not intend, to update these forward-looking statements as a result of future events or developments. Additional information concerning these and other risks factors is contained in the Risk Factors sections of our Form 10-K for the year ended March 30, 2012 and our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 11, 2012.
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Rackham12 wrote:
How long did it take for your card to arrive if you remember? What are some tips you can give me on the card? I was just approved as well for Journey's
It was somewhere between 7-10 days like they say it does. Some tips? Uhm other than the usual don't spend what you don't have there aren't many tips. I just recently called in to ask for an CLI or a product change and she said she couldn't do either but that she could give me a reduced APR for 7 months (I called in to cancel). I do know their new deals program is nice if they selected you to be in it (they are rolling it out and some people are in, some aren't). There is usually a new offer each week where they have spend bonuses (ie. spend $10 get $5 statement credit) or "free monee" where they just give you $x to spend at a certain store.
Also, I would always make sure you pay your balance in full each month. The APR is pretty high on this card and I can proudly say that for the year I've had the card, they've paid me rather than me paying them. Just pay it on time each month in full and you won't be hit with that high APR and if you are in the deals program you can take advantage of them paying you to use the card (I consider it getting paid because they're crediting me the money). If you download the mobile app for iPhone or Android you can access it on the go but they do have a mobile site. I personally prefer the mobile app. You can also see your current deals available from the mobile app as well. HTH!
My first was a Citi Student Dividend card from a few years ago when I was 18 ($500 limit). It now has a $10k limit. Luckily, I never went crazy with my card or missed a payment.
Key Bank Visa...mailed to me 2 days before I left for college in 1994. It had a $1,500 limit and no AF. Back in those days, I thought someone would haul me off to jail if I didn't pay my entire balance by the due date, so I often paid in advance (debit cards were scarce back then)..waited for the payment to post...then used the card. They didn't like that too much, so when I called them about a question later in the term, they kindly told me to wait until the charge posted to pay.
Looking back, I wish I had just kept doing what I was doing...would have spared me some major credit heartache. Oh well...lesson learned.
Mine was a sears store card back in 1996.
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My first credit card was from Providian. It had a $250 credit limit. I maxed it out at some point like a year after getting it. If I recall, I got a Cap1 card around the same time too with a $300 limit. But the kicker was by the time the card got to me it only had like $50-$78 bucks in available credit because of all the fees associated with accepting and activating it. Bad choices each of them. If I knew then, what I know now, I wouldn't have bothered.
Do they still do that today? I applied for a student's journey and was approved for 750 and have not received the card I got the "your card has been shipped" email on Sunday morning. Why so many fees? I was not told of this
They don't have any fees anymore, the journey is fee free so long as you don't burn them. You mess with any credit card company, and I assure you, they'll get you back, if you stay in their good graces though, you will be rewarded. (Maybe not by capital one, but they're a stepping stone)
Also, to your other post, you should get your card in 7-10 days (that's what they tell you) It's a weekend now so probably by wednesday or thursday depending on when it was shipped.
I got my first card through US Bank when I was 18, it was some sort of a student card I think (it has been changed multiple times as they discontinued cards). I don't remember the credit limit, but I'm sure that it was somewhere between $1000 and $2000. I used to receive regular CLI's and got up to $7800 at some point. I haven't gotten one of those in a while. Now I have a Cash+ Signature Visa that I am loving for the bill pay. It has been the same TL the entire time and is my longest one.
First credit card was a Citi Dividend Platinum Select Student card when I turned 18. Through a few card conversions it is now a Citi Thank You card. Opening CL was $1200 and now sits at $17,500.
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Gm MasterCard, I have been an AU on it since I was 11. Looking back carrying around a 5k limit piece of plastic with no idea of what I had is kinda funny..and it confused so many cashiers that I stopped using it in new places because they thought I stole it and, being 11, I didn't carry around a photo ID to prove it was mine. So many awkward conversations, but I did get to meet a lot of store managers that thought it was kinda funny too. We weren't rich or anything but my parents wanted me to have a long credit file when I got older and didn't mind making me walk to buy a lot of groceries, rent a video from blockbuster, or order a pizza for them to pick up on the way home from work. My sisters credit was amazing when she bought her house, i think they started her at age 8, and the lender had never seen anything like it when they pulled the credit report. They also scared me to death about the consequences of misusing the cards. Fees for putting it in atms for cash withdraw, forgetting to tell them about payments resulting in late fees, etc... For me, messing with credit card companies was scarier than trying to ask out one of the cool girls. Thankfully now I understand how credit cards really work and I am not afraid to put in an ap or 2 or 3 when the time is right and thanks to them the CC companies like me.
Thank you for the story, I never even thought of this. But will start doing this with my kids to teach them about credit and establish their credit history.
My first credit card - I got a Chase Gold Visa in college that my parents co-signed for - I think it was in '89. About 5 or 6 years later I got another Chase Visa. For the first Chase Visa that I got in college, I blew it on the payments about 9 years ago and Chase closed the account, right after which I paid in full what I owed. They kept the other Chase Visa open and I still have that, though I'm not using it since I'm just trying to get the balance paid off. I felt terrible about the closed account since it affected my parents' credit as well since they were co-signers. In May 2012 I applied for and was approved for a Chase United Explorer card and a Chase United Club card, so I'm happy to have gotten those. For the older Chase Visa that I'm just trying to pay off, Chase converted that to a "Travel Plus" Visa, which I never used and which is no longer around. After I pay off that Visa, I'm hoping they will do a product change to the Chase Freedom - I want to keep the account open since it really helps my AAoA.
Sears store card opened in 1996 when I was young Marine. Had a credit line of $500.00 and made sure I used every penny of it. (what a knucklehead) Don't have that card anymore, I closed it in 1999 when I decided that 21% interest was not a good thing.


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Bette Virginia McElravy McCloskey, 91
Bette Virginia McElravy McCloskey, 91, passed away peacefully at Otterbein Cridersville retirement center on Jan. 13, 2014, of natural causes. She was born on June 29, 1922, in Sligo Township, Pa. to William and Edna (Hackbarth) McElravy, one of twelve brothers and sisters. On Dec. 1, 1950, she married Henry T. McCloskey, at St. Eusebius Catholic Church in East Brady, Pa., in the middle of the famous "Snow Bowl" snowstorm of that year. They were married 55 years when he passed away in November 2005.
She is survived by daughters, Peg (Dan) Castagno of Pickerington, and Pat (Ty) Koenig of Los Angeles, Calif.; four grandchildren, Chris and Caitlin Castagno of Pickerington, Katherine Koenig of Los Angeles, Calif. and Matthew Koenig, currently in California; brother Robert McElravy of Chicora, Pa.; sister Charlotte Kloker of Karns City, Pa.; and sister Phyllis Wigdon of Phoenix, Ariz.
Bette was a 1940 graduate of Karns City High School. During WWII, she worked at the local Office of Price Administration, also known as the rationing board. After the war, she was the local school secretary for several years. She then married Harry, and they made their home in Cleveland, where she also worked for several years for the Department of the Naval Reserve. ln 1969, they moved to Cridersville, when Harry accepted a job transfer to the former Sohio refinery in Lima. They enjoyed the Cridersville community where they had many friends.
Bette's primary focus was always her family, and she was a wonderful homemaker, cook and baker of bread and ginger cookies. She was very active in the Cridersville United Methodist Church where she was a member for 44 years. Bette was an avid Cincinnati Reds fan and enjoyed trips to the former Riverfront stadium. She rarely missed a "Reds on Radio" broadcast. She was also an active member of the Wapakoneta Senior Citizens Association. Always proud of her Irish heritage, she enjoyed the Otterbein St. Patrick's Day celebrations, and she and Harry traveled to Ireland in 1985 as the first of their family to travel to their ancestral homeland.
Visitation will be at Karns City United Methodist Church, Karns City, Pa., on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2014, from 10-11 a.m. The memorial service will begin at 11 a.m. at the church.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Karns City United Methodist Church,117 Petrolia St, Karns City, PA 16041; Otterbein- Cridersville, 100 Red Oak Drive, Cridersville, Ohio 45806, or the Cridersville United Methodist Church, 105 Shawnee Road, Cridersville, Ohio 45806.
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TAP, TAP, TAP... Hello? Is this thing on? I've been without Comcast internet and telephone for 24 hours! I survived it, but it's good to be back! Now, I'm even farther behind in posting about 1 week and a half's worth of cooking and baking! Did you miss me? I missed all of you! I'd better get started...
This tasty recipe was inspired by my blogger friend, Muneeba who found it from "Two Spoons", who found it from "Smitten Kitten", so I figured this must be a winner. For some reason, I bought large Portobello mushrooms at Trader Joe's. I had thought I might stuff them, but when I saw this recipe I knew it would be perfect as a meatless dish. I was thankful that I had all the ingredients to make this, including red wine (which Muneeba didn't use) and a bag of Parpardelle Pasta. I also decided to include bacon with this recipe, since I've used this when making a classic Bourguignon.
how I store my bacon in the freezer, and how easy it is to slice frozen bacon (lardons) for recipes, my husband has been a very happy camper. He loves bacon in anything! So, I began by browning some bacon to render the fat-- I figured this would give the veggies a little extra flavor and removed the bacon with a slotted spoon and set that aside. (Yes, this cancels out the vegetarian aspect of the recipe. Just leave it out if you don't eat meat, and use vegetable stock instead of beef stock.)
Add about 1/2 cup of red wine, and then 3/4 cup of beef stock to the pan, scraping any stuck bits off the bottom. Turn the heat up and let the mixture reduce for 2 minutes. Mix in the tomato paste, the rest of the broth and the browned mushrooms. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to medium low and let the whole thing simmer for 10 minutes.
NOTE: The next time I make this, I will only use one pan. This time, I ended up pouring the mushrooms and sauce into the Dutch Oven, where I had the sauteed vegetables.
Add remaining butter to the pan and sprinkle flour over the top of the vegetables, quickly stirring in. Add the mushrooms, bacon and sauce to the vegetables and simmer for another 3–4 minutes. Taste, and season further with salt & pepper if needed.
Serve this with a bowl of warm, buttery egg noodles, spoon the mushroom bourguignon over the top, and garnish with a dollop of sour cream (I used lite, so it melts very quickly) and a sprinkling of chives or parsley.
Craig and I really loved this dish! The sauce was rich from the tomato paste and the red wine was not overpowering at all. I think that the sour cream and chives was the perfect garnish. This almost reminds me of Beef Stroganoff, which I enjoy serving on occasion.
As always, a printable recipe (with my adaptions) is at the bottom of this post. You can visit Muneeba at "An Edible Symphony" and compare how she made her version. Thanks, Muneeba, for the inspiration!
I have, yet, to organize Tyler Florence's recipes that he demoed at the Harvest Festival. I still want to post the rest of my menu from our Oktoberfest menu, too! Hopefully, Craig won't pull the wires to the internet while he's organizing boxes in our attic (whoops!)
It's 75 degrees today-- so much for making soup, as I originally planned. I'd better come up with a Plan B!
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Hobby: My mom bought me a sewing machine to help keep me busy. I would try to design clothes. It was fun. I wasn't good enough to become a designer, though.
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10012 Digs: I live in Greenwich Village. It's a great neighborhood and everything is within walking distance--the subway, grocery store, gym, park, you name it. I have my own room in a two-bedroom apartment, and lucked out with a great roomie I found on Craigslist. The only downside is it's noisy on my street, but I've learned to sleep with my headphones on.
What Do You Wear to LV? Everyone asks me this question. I dress professionally, but nothing extravagant. Honestly, as long as you can do the work, they don't care what you wear.
Manhattan Style: Growing up I didn't have much money, so I learned to be creative. That creativity has stuck and my go-to stores tend to be vintage shops.
What Do You Love About New York? How it's nonstop. Everyone is filled with energy, drive, motivation, and each person is very, very smart. The environment challenges me and I love it.
What's Less Desirable? The weather. First, I was freezing to death, and had to tape up my windows. Then it got really hot. Then it was pouring rain, humid and nasty outside. I am used to the consistent fog and cold of San Francisco.
Daily Fuel: I have a weakness for pizza and cupcakes. Two blocks away there are some amazing gourmet sweets. Molly's Cupcakes. They are the best cupcakes I've ever had. Famous Original Ray's Pizza, on Seventh Avenue, is pretty good, too. I drink a lot of coffee.
The Absolute Best Part of NY: Knowing that I chose the right profession and meeting all these really great smart IP lawyers.
End Game: I want to get into a top law firm, bring in great clients, build a great reputation, and be able to give my clients great answers. I would eventually love to be top counsel at a design house.
Thoughts on the Industry: It can be a hard industry to get into. It helps to know someone, and have someone who believes in you. I've had great mentors. I've been meeting all sorts of people in New York, from big-firm lawyers to general counsel for world-famous brands. These people are very smart, very driven. I love it.
Not-So-Hidden-Desire: I want a Louis Vuitton handbag. I am hoping to get one as a treat for myself at the end of my gig. I have an LV laptop case, though. It's a great brand.


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Martin Stenmarck
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Martin Stenmarck (born 3 October 1972 in Stockholm) is a Swedish singer and actor. He represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 with Las Vegas, finishing 19th with 30 points.
In 2006, he released his first single in Swedish; 7milakliv, which became one of the year's biggest hits in Sweden. The single was certified Platinum and spent 10 weeks at #1 on the official Swedish singles chart.
The album Nio sanningar och en lögn (Nine truths and one lie) topped the Swedish albums chart and achieved Gold status in the first of its three weeks at #1.
He has also made actor career, by dubbing his voice for animated films. He provided the Swedish voice for Lightning McQueen in the Disney movie Cars.
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A new scholarship program at the UF Levin College of Law has been created to support law school graduates who want a career championing the environment.
A new scholarship program at the UF Levin College of Law has been created to support law school graduates who want a career championing the environment and helping draft public policy to protect the Everglades.
The E. Thomas Rumberger Everglades Foundation Fellowship Programs is named after Tom Rumberger, founder of Rumberger, Kirk and Caldwell law firm and the lead counsel for the Everglades Foundation since 1989. The goal was to create something that honored his love of the law, UF and the environment, said Jon Mills, UF's law school dean emeritus and director of the Center for Government Responsibility at the law school.
"The idea is to get a person every year who has that sense of concern for public service and for the Everglades and environmental issues," said Mills, a longtime friend of Rumberger's who worked on several landmark environmental cases together.
Rumberger died in 2011.
The Rumberger fellowship is the most recent program at the College of Law designed to support law students who want to pursue a career in public service, Dean Bob Jerry said.
For the first time, the law school granted two UF law students $5,000 each from the Justice John Paul Stevens Public Interest Fellowship Foundation, Jerry said. Justice Stevens retired from the U.S. Supreme Court in 2010.
Law student Joshua Izaak will work with the Democratic National Committee in Washington, D.C., as a voter protection legal intern, and Kaylee Chabarek will work with the U.S. Army JAG Corps in Fort Hood, Texas.
Two other students will receive $5,000 each as part of a newly created fellowship named after Bill McBride, a UF College of Law alumnus and politician who died unexpectedly in December, Dean Jerry said. McBride was managing partner at Holland & Knight in Tampa and ran against Jeb Bush for governor in 2002.
Marissa Fallica will spend the summer with the U.S. Department of Education Office of Civil Rights in Atlanta, while Patrick Todd works at the Department of Justice Environmental Tort Litigation Branch in Washington. D.C.
"We are really pleased to be able to figure out programs and provide those programs to students interested in these careers to begin pursuing them during their law school summers," Jerry said.
Each of the fellowships allows law students to travel from Gainesville to bigger metropolitan areas to do public interest work and cover living expenses, said Debbie Amirin, communications director at the law school. Students may be assigned to a federal agency in Washington, D.C., or Atlanta, or the Department of Environmental Protection in Tallahassee, she said.
The Rumberger fellowship was created by Mills with the partners at Rumberger, Kirk & Caldwell of Orlando and the Everglades Foundation. It surpassed its initial fundraising goal of $300,000, receiving $309,000 in cash and pledges, Amirin said. The foundation has already received about three-quarters of that amount, she said.
Mills said students who receive a Rumberger fellowship will work in concert with the Center for Governmental Responsibility and the Everglades Foundation. He envisions the student working on public policy issues with environmental agencies in Tallahassee or Washington, D.C.
"We would intend for them to actually do practical work," Mills said.
A Republican, Rumberger was general counsel for the late former Gov. Claude Kirk and represented the Republican Party in the 1992 redrawing of state political districts.
Rumberger and Mills worked together to prevent the release of autopsy photos of NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt, subsequently changing state law on autopsy records.
Mills and Rumberger also worked on landmark Florida Supreme Court cases dealing with the Everglades. "Everything the Everglades Foundation did, he was the keystone," Mills said.
Jacey Kaps, a partner at Rumberger, Kirk and Caldwell's Miami office, said the firm was happy to be involved in creating the foundation.
"We are happy to enshrine his legal legacy in the halls of the university college of law," Kaps said.


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Waiting for someone to speak, spitting in their mouth and then headbutting them. Then you give them a wedgie while they are trying to get their breath back. (2nd cousin of the angry carlos)
Fatma was being a total dick so Danielle caught her off guard with the angry pedro!


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I've had this conversation hundreds of times, and it's never been longer than about 4 or 5 stupid, opinionated comments. But yet, here's a guy who wrote this hugely elaborate essay on the matter. I just find that interesting.
I like hockey, but I find myself agreeing with a lot of the points he makes, which I also find interesting. If you don't like hockey, skim some of the points he makes in mid-section of the essay and tell me what you think.


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Women and Wall Street: Is the Romance Gone?
I've never been a huge fan of movies, primarily because strong female leads are few and far between. Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps is a perfect example of this. The main players are men, as is the target audience. Being a woman who works in finance, I'm left a bit dismayed — and as it turns out, I'm not alone. At least when it comes to the real Wall Street.
Data from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics recently showed that 2.6% of women in finance left the industry over the past 10 years. In the same time period, the number of men in financial services grew 9.6%. The decline is starker among women aged 20-35 years old, with 16.5% leaving the industry, even with efforts to recruit and retain them increasing.
Explaining the Trend
Economists are trying to understand the shift. The usual explanations of sexism and prioritizing family over work have been tossed around and are probably valid in many cases.
Interestingly, some have said that more women may be leaving Wall Street to take the entrepreneurial route and start their own businesses. I happen to work at a startup that was founded by a young woman who used to work on Wall Street, and she is not alone. Perhaps there will be a movie about those women one day, a la The Social Network (yet another male-dominated film).
Wall Street's Loss
Women leaving Wall Street may add up to greater financial losses than we realize. From 2000 to 2009, hedge funds run by women produced average annual returns of 9%, compared to 5.82% for men, according to a study by Hedge Fund Research. In 2008 specifically, hedge funds managed by women were down 9.6%, while those managed by men lost 19%.
Vanguard analyzed the trading behaviors of their 2.7 million IRA investors between 2007 and 2009. They found that men were more likely than women to make trades during the financial crisis, leading to lower returns overall. Multiple studies have shown that men tend to think they know more than they do when it comes to investing and act on that over-confidence. A Merrill Lynch study conducted in 2005 found that women are more likely to report less knowledge about investing, yet they make fewer mistakes and don't repeat them as often.
On the client side, a recent Boston Consulting Group study found that 70% of female clients are dissatisfied with the financial services they receive. Respondents complained of disrespectful advisers and patronizing advertisements. Male oriented firms tend to communicate in a more aggressive way — and may be losing out on half of the available clientele as a result.
Wall Street may never sleep, but the financial industry needs to wake up. Now more than ever, we can't afford to hire only male leads.
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Freeing up space on hda1
If you are running out of hard drive space on hda1 (the location of the OS, and the default location of installed programs), you can free up space by moving some of the files to hda3 (the large partition containing the network shares). You can then create symbolic links in the original locations, and should in that way be able to access your files as if nothing happened (for the most part).
You could well run into problems if you do this with OpenLink. There are known issues related to how BusyBox uses symbolic links, and other issues might arise. Some issues are reported below, but others may not. Proceed at your own risk.
Note that /dev/hda3 is mounted on either /mnt or /mnt/hda, depending on the type of LinkStation you have (the instructions below refer to the former. If /mnt/hda exists on your LinkStation, you will need to modify the commands accordingly.
Moving the /home directory should be safe, but it will not save you much space unless you are going to store a lot of data in the home directory of users. This can be done as follows:
cp -Rdp /home /mnt rm -R /home ln -s /mnt/home /home
Moving the /usr/local directory should also be safe. This directory contains additionally installed software, and moving it should not disrupt any mission critical applications. This can be done as follows:
mkdir /mnt/usr cp -Rdp /usr/local /mnt/usr rm -R /usr/local ln -s /mnt/usr/local /usr/local
/usr - Fixing the busybox symlinks
First method
This script makes the needed changes to all the busybox symlink, changing them from ../../bin/busybox links to /bin/busybox. Run it with the AWK program.
#!/bin/awk -f
BEGIN { FS=" " while ("ls -al /usr/bin | grep ../../bin/busybox" | getline) { system("rm /usr/bin/"$9) system("ln -s /bin/busybox /usr/bin/"$9) } while ("ls -al /usr/sbin | grep ../../bin/busybox" | getline) { system("rm /usr/sbin/"$9) system("ln -s /bin/busybox /usr/sbin/"$9) } }
Alternative method
The following has also been suggested as a fix to the symlink problem. It is a bit more work than the above method, but might be able to resolve non-busybox-related symlink problems as well.
If you follow the FAQ to move /usr to say, /mnt/hda/moved_folder/usr and symbolic-link it back, some relative links won't work. For example, /usr/bin/wget has the symbolic link ../../bin/busybox, and that would get resolved to /mnt/hda/moved_folder/bin/busybox, which does not exist. Therefore, you can link all unmoved directory under root back to this /mnt/hda/moved_folder:
ln -s /bin /mnt/hda/moved_folder ln -s /dev /mnt/hda/moved_folder ln -s /etc /mnt/hda/moved_folder ln -s /lib /mnt/hda/moved_folder ln -s /lost+found /mnt/hda/moved_folder ln -s /mnt /mnt/hda/moved_folder ln -s /proc /mnt/hda/moved_folder ln -s /root /mnt/hda/moved_folder ln -s /sbin /mnt/hda/moved_folder ln -s /sys /mnt/hda/moved_folder ln -s /tmp /mnt/hda/moved_folder ln -s /www /mnt/hda/moved_folder
Moving the /home directory should be safe, but it will not save you much space unless you are going to store a lot of data in the home directory of users. This can be done as follows:
cp -Rdp /home /mnt rm -R /home ln -s /mnt/home /home
If you need more space than would be freed up by moving /usr/local, you can move the entire /usr directory instead. Since Debian(FreeLink) installs into /usr/bin and does not typically use busybox there should be no problems. If you are using busybox(OpenLink) but still want to move /usr, you must fix the busybox symlinks.
You can move the /usr with the following commands:
cp -Rdp /usr /mnt rm -R /usr ln -s /mnt/usr /usr
Moving /var with openlink is strongly recommended against, as OpenLink runs it as a ramdisk, so it will be lost and recreated on each reboot. As far as is known, FreeLink does not use this ramdisk, but moving var could also be dangerous since if something goes wrong your LS may very well fail to boot as it cannot access /var for creating the pidfiles. Since /var typically does not use much disk space - why risk it?
But it's your LinkStation, so if you really want to, here's how:
cp -Rdp /var /mnt rm -R /var ln -s /mnt/var /var


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October 11, 1982
To:The University Community
From: President Gail Fullerton
Subject: Parking
The recent and unexpected action by the City of San José increasing fees on their Fourth Street parking lots only aggravated an already acute parking situation on campus. The University is exploring a number of alternatives to help alleviate the situation. As the result of deliberations in last Thursday's President's Cabinet meeting, I have directed the Office of Traffic Management to initiate the following actions effective today:
-- Reopening of 9th Street to faculty and staff parking. This includes restriping the area on 9th Street in front of the residence halls. Such action opens 148 new E (Employees) parking spaces.
-- Termination of permit parking in the North Garage (10th and San Fernando streets). This opens the North Garage entirely to student parking. These measures will only partially accommodate those who were displaced from the Fourth Street lots. I deeply regret the inconvenience recent events may have caused and can only ask that you bear with us.
May I again suggest that you investigate alternative transportation. Last year the University hired Mr. Keith Opalewski as our commute coordinator. He has complete information on van and carpools, bus and even bicycle route planning. He may be reached by calling 277-3843.
Academic Vice President
Executive Vice President
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Robbo's back in the UK and is now riding for Bicycle Union. Check out a few clips of him below.
Robbo's back in the UK and is now riding for Bicycle Union. Check out a few clips of him below.
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Worst Fears Realized
A Scary Piece of Malware Named Stuxnet Is in Town. Remember Its Name. Its Arrival May Make You Want to Change the Way You Think About Control System Security
By Nancy Bartels
We can't say we weren't warned. For years, the doubters and naysayers have been warning us that maybe all this PC-based computing and connectivity on the factory floor was a bad idea.
Security was always one of the main concerns. But the warnings were drowned out in the noise of the inexorable march to PCs on the plant floor and Internet connectivity.
Meanwhile, control engineers were used to working with closed systems that were pretty well blocked from outside mischief makers, and IT people, who did have a grasp of cyber security issues, were clueless about control systems and their unique security problems. So we've limped along with a few folks from both disciplines doing their best to bridge the gap, struggling to overcome institutional inertia, preaching cyber security best practices, training people to think differently and hoping for the best.
As of July 14, that strategy is no longer good enough.
On that day, Siemens was notified of a security breach within Windows, which could potentially affect its Simatic WinCC SCADA software and the PCS7 DCS, which uses WinCC as its HMI, and the S7 controller. First to discover the worm in June of this year was the Belarus-based maker of the VirusBlokAda anti-virus product. In July, Byres Security's (www.tofinosecurity.com) chief technology officer, Eric Byres, confirmed that Siemens and its users were experiencing "a zero-day exploit against all versions of Windows including Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP 2, Windows Vista SP1 and SP2, Windows Server 2008 and Windows 7." Later, it was reported that older versions of Windows, which Microsoft no longer supports, were vulnerable as well.
For the uninitiated, a "zero-day" exploit is one that uses a previously unidentified security breach that only becomes apparent because of and at the same time as the original attack, and leaves all other users of the same system or systems at risk until such time as the vulnerability is eliminated.
According to Nicolas Falliere of security vendor Symantec (www.symantec.com), "Stuxnet can steal code and design projects and also hide itself using a classic Windows rootkit, but unfortunately it can also do much more. It has the ability to take advantage of the programming software to also upload its own code to a PLC typically monitored by SCADA systems. Stuxnet then hides these code blocks, so when programmers using an infected machine try to view all of the code blocks on a PLC, they will not see the code injected by Stuxnet. Thus, Stuxnet isn't just a rootkit that hides itself on Windows, but is the first publicly known rootkit that is able to hide injected code located on a PLC."
Falliere adds, "In particular, Stuxnet hooks the programming software, which means that when someone uses the software to view code blocks on the PLC, the injected blocks are nowhere to be found. This is done by hooking enumeration, read and write functions, so that you can't accidentally overwrite the hidden blocks as well. Stuxnet contains 70 encrypted code blocks that appear to replace some 'foundation routines' that take care of simple, yet very common tasks, such as comparing file times, and others that are custom code and data blocks. By writing code to the PLC, Stuxnet can potentially control or alter how the system operates."
Byres adds that Stuxnet "uses the Siemens default password of the MSSQL account WinCCConnect to log into the PCS7/WinCC database and extract process data and possibly HMI screens," which it then attempts to export via an Internet connection to a remote server."
Furthermore, says John Cusimano, director of security services at security services and certification vendor exida (www.exida.com), that while this virus seems to have been coded specifically for Siemens products, other products could be just as vulnerable. "WinCC is by far the largest SCADA HMI package. It's embedded into everything. Whether you know you're buying it or not, it may be embedded [in your system]. That's probably why it was the target."
The situation gets even scarier. After Stuxnet was created—and Symantec says that initial versions were circulating as early June of last year—its developers created a second, much more powerful iteration that allowed it to spread among USB devices with virtually no intervention by the victim. They also got their hands on encryption keys belonging to chip companies Realtek and JMicron and digitally signed the malware, so antivirus scanners would have a harder time detecting it. This has allowed Stuxnet to defeat multiple factor authentication.
Not Just a Prank
Stuxnet is not some prank cooked up by a kid with more cyber smarts than sense. The sophistication of the attack and the kind of money that must have been spent on it suggest the perpetrators have a more serious agenda. What that might be is open to speculation. Intellectual property theft is one likely possibility, but other, even more disturbing ideas come to mind as well—state sponsored espionage, nationalistic, political or religious groups "sending a message" or even terrorism.
Joe Weiss, author of ControlGlobal.com's "Unfettered" blog and principal at Applied Control Solutions (ACS, http://realtimeacs.com) says, "Many people think of Stuxnet as a data exfiltration issue. This does not seem credible to me for at least two reasons. First and foremost, why go to a controller unless you want to take control? If you want economic data, go to an archival database. Secondly, zero-day Microsoft vulnerabilities and counterfeit digital signatures are extremely expensive. I find it very unlikely that a cost-benefit can be made for this kind of investment if the sole purpose was economic espionage. It is not clear yet what Stuxnet has been programmed to do or when it will be activated, but it certainly has something to do with control. Although Stuxnet could have been used by a counterfeiter to steal industrial secrets, Kaspersky Lab's (http://usa.kaspersky.com/) Roel Schouwenberg suspects a nation-state was behind the attacks."
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Scott and I will be moderating the Texas EdChat this coming Sunday night from 6-7 PM Pacific time. The topic will be using video in the classroom. If you've never participated in a Twitter chat, you should give it a try. We will be throwing out some discussion questions and then teachers from around the state of Texas, as well as other parts of the world, will kick around ideas 140 characters at a time. To join in, you'll need a Twitter account. Then go on Twitter on Sunday, December 15, from 8 to 9 PM Texas time and search #TxEduChat in the search box. Select the "All" button at the top of the screen and you will see everyone's Tweets. It promises to be an extremely valuable and engaging professional development opportunity…for FREE!
Twitter: Follow Scott here. Follow me, Tim, here. Follow the Bedley Bros here.
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The Savannah College of Art and Design announces that the Congress for New Urbanism, the leading organization promoting walkable, mixed-use neighborhood development, sustainable communities and healthier living conditions, has named the SCAD Museum of Art as a winner of the organization's 2012 Charter Awards.
CNU's Charter Awards recognize excellence in architectural, landscape, and urban designs built in harmony with their physical and social contexts. Awardees are selected for their excellence in fulfilling and advancing the principles of the Charter of the New Urbanism, which defines the essential qualities of walkable, sustainable places from the scale of the region down to the block and building. SCAD was honored in "The Block, Street, and Building" award category.
"The design of the SCAD Museum of Art exemplifies CNU's charter principles and reinforces Savannah's rich cultural history, while maintaining SCAD's primary focus: fostering exceptional learning environments for SCAD students and professors," said Senior Vice President for College Resources Glenn Wallace. "We're honored to provide SCAD students and our Savannah community with a world-class public space to learn and grow in their understanding of art and design."
The SCAD Museum of Art, an 82,000-square-foot contemporary art and design museum, was completed in Fall 2011 on the western boundary of Savannah's Downtown Landmark Historic District. The finished museum site includes the former headquarters of the Central of Georgia Railroad, as well as the masonry ruins of a freight warehouse, both constructed in the mid-19th century, and encompasses the surrounding streetscape and courtyard spaces that align with and extend Savannah's public squares.
The SCAD Museum of Art project team designers, under the leadership of SCAD President Paula Wallace and Senior Vice President Glenn Wallace, included Sottile & Sottile, Lord Aeck & Sargent, Dawson Architects, SCAD Design Group, and SCAD Executive Director for Design and New Construction Martin Smith.
"Museums should not be designed as self-contained projects without meaningful relationship to their surroundings. They should contribute and relate to their urban contexts, influencing and enhancing the city's urban form," remarked Christian Sottile, principal of Sottile & Sottile and dean of the SCAD School of Building Arts who served as the museum's design architect. "Civic buildings call for distinct form and expression. They must have conviction."
SCAD is an internationally recognized leader in adaptive rehabilitation and urban revitalization. Since its founding in 1978, the university has revitalized more than 100 buildings around the world, creating inspiring communities for the study of art and design. SCAD has been recognized by the U.S. National Trust for Historic Preservation, the American Institute of Architects, the International Downtown Association, and UNESCO, among others, for its efforts.


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JBL has announced a collection of speakers for your iPhone 5, launching the JBL Charge, JBL OnBeat Mini and the JBL OnBeat Rumble in the run-up to CES 2013 in Las Vegas.
If you happen to have the latest Apple product in your pocket, then the OnBeat series of Lightning-equipped docks might be of interest.
Launching into the range is the JBL OnBeat Mini, a portable charging dock that incorporates speakers - so if you're always on the move and living in hotels, you don't have to abandon your music.
If it's something larger you're after, then the JBL OnBeat Rumble might hit the right note. Again it's Lightning-equipped, offering support for the iPad mini, iPhone 5, latest iPod touch and fourth-gen iPad.
The OnBeat Rumble features Bluetooth connectivity for wireless action and should offer great bass, thanks to its 4.5-inch subwoofer with Slipstream port.
The JBL Charge is a universal portable speaker, designed to give you tunes on the move. Bluetooth connectivity means you can hook up your mobile device, with a USB port to charge devices from the speaker's battery.
There is no word on pricing or availability, and we're a little light on specs for these new JBL launches, but we'll update when we have more information.


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What is the prostate gland?
The prostate is part of the male reproductive system. It is about the same size as a walnut and weighs about an ounce. The main job of the prostate is to make fluid or semen. During ejaculation, sperm made in the testicles moves to the urethra. At the same time, fluid from the prostate and the seminal vesicles also moves into the urethra. This mixture—semen— goes through the urethra and out the penis.
What is localized prostate cancer?
Localized prostate cancer is cancer that has not moved outside of the prostate. If the cancer has moved to other parts of the body, it is usually harder to treat. Many newly found prostate tumors are confined in the prostate. If not treated, localized tumors can grow and spread to other parts of the body, which is known as metastasized prostate cancer.
What are the symptoms of localized prostate cancer?
As men grow older, they may have urinary symptoms. These can include slowing of the urinary stream and more frequent trips to the bathroom, both day and night. This does not mean that they have prostate cancer. In the early stages of prostate cancer, only a few men may have noticeable symptoms, such as urinary problems or pain. Because there are no warning signs of localized prostate cancer (meaning that the cancer is contained in the prostate and has not metastasized, or spread to other parts of the body), screening tests that find (detect) cancer early are used by many doctors in the United States.
How do physicians test for prostate cancer?
There are two tests used to find prostate cancer. One is a physical exam known as a digital rectal examination (DRE) and the other is a blood test for a protein, called prostate-specific antigen (PSA). A DRE is a physical exam by a doctor using a lubricated, gloved finger. The finger is placed into the rectum so that the doctor can feel the surface of the prostate. If the prostate has a hard spot or feels uneven, it may be a sign of prostate cancer. PSA is a protein made by the cells inside the prostate and can be measured in a man's blood sample. A healthy prostate does not release very much PSA, so a higher PSA level in the blood may be a warning sign of prostate cancer or another condition. Your doctor may suggest doing a biopsy if prostate cancer is suspected.
What is tumor grade?
If prostate cancer is found, the pathologist gives it a grade. The grade is a measure of how quickly the tumor is likely to grow and spread. The most common grading system is called the Gleason score. If you, or someone you know has prostate cancer, talk to the doctor about the Gleason score, what it means and what treatment options are available.
My father had prostate cancer. Do I need to worry?
Research has shown that genetics does play a role in prostate cancer. Men with a family history of prostate cancer are at a greater risk of developing prostate cancer. If you have a first-degree relative (father, son or brother) who has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, you are twice as likely to develop the disease. If you have two or more relatives with prostate cancer, you are four times more likely to be diagnosed. If you are an African American man with a family history of prostate cancer, your risk is even greater. Be sure to talk with your physician about your relatives' prostate cancer history to get a better understanding of your prostate cancer risk.
Learn more about prostate cancer from the The American Urological Association Foundation.
Source: American Urological Association Foundation
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TULSA, OKLAHOMA -- My fiance and I rented a truck from Budget to move from KY to NY. On the first day, when we were loading the truck, it was raining and we soon discovered that the roof of the truck was leaking and our belongings were getting soaked with the rainwater. We called for Budget roadside assistance to fix the leak but they refused to come out and do so. So, we bought a caulk gun and some caulk and had to climb onto the top of the truck to fix it ourselves. We thought this would be the worst of our problems.
As we set out the next day from KY to NY, we made it as far as the Cleveland, OH area (about 5 hours away from our starting point) when the Budget truck broke down. It turns out the transmission was blown and the forward gears were out as well, and the truck would only go in reverse. We waited 2 hours for Budget roadside assistance to show up. The guy actually said, "I think it's alright... try to drive it again" so, we did with him there... and again truck would only go in reverse. The truck had to be towed to a service station in Chardon, OH. We waited 4 hours for the truck to be towed.
It was towed to this place in the middle of nowhere with very poor lighting. (it was dark outside at this point). Budget hired a moving company to move our belongings from the defective truck onto a new one. This company was called "Moving Staffers"... from Ohio (don't use them either). They loaded 2/3 of our stuff onto the truck in a haphazard unprofessional manner. 1/3 of our stuff wouldn't fit back onto the truck (even though it had all come from the defective truck, and the trucks were apparently the same size). The moving company basically said, "Sorry, we can't make it fit. Talk to Budget", and they left.
We were on the phone with Budget roadside assistance until 4 am trying to settle this. They were like, "Well, you might have to rent a trailer to hook to your personal vehicle for the rest of the belongings". We didn't have a trailer hitch on our car. They wouldn't let us hitch a trailer (at first) to their truck, mostly because Budget doesn't have them and we'd have to rent from U-haul. We finally got permission to hook a U-haul trailer to the Budget truck. We thought all was well, but later on our journey, the truck just ran out of gas. It turns out the gas gauge was faulty. Budget charged $200 to bring us gas just to get to the next gas station.
When we finally made it to New York to unload the truck, it was a nightmare. We opened the back of the truck to see the way the truck had been loaded. There were couches on top of TV's, iron chairs on top of wooden tables, and none of the furniture pads had been used (there were 13); and all 13 had been on the sensitive furniture prior to the load swap. Several items were broken. Legs were broken off of a dresser and just thrown into one of the drawers. An antique rocking chair/family heirloom was completely destroyed, couches were snagged and stuffing is coming out, desks were bowed and huge divots taken out of the wood, etc.
A total of 13 large items were damaged. We filed an insurance claim with Budget because we bought the best insurance plan that you could (covering up to 1 million in damages). We requested $3,000 to repair/replace the damaged items. Budget Insurance people refuse to pay for anything except "a dresser and a big screen TV" because that's all Moving Staffers reported as damaged. First of all, we didn't even have a big screen TV damaged... wasn't even on the list of 13 things (and I think we would have noticed if the TV was damaged).
Second, there was no way Moving Staffers would have even known about the other items damaged because it was the way they packed them that did the damage... they might have broken the dresser on the spot but the rest of the damages happened as a result of poor packing. And oh yeah, Budget said they won't even pay for a dresser (or anything else) unless we can produce receipts showing we purchased these items. Who has receipts for family heirlooms and antiques through the generations? And who really can show a receipt for a dresser purchased 10 years ago???
I don't even have receipts for things I bought last week!!! These people are ridiculous. Oh yeah, one thing I forgot to mention: We found feces on the truck... amidst all of our belongings... we sure as hell didn't pack poop with our stuff!!
I chose to use Budget Truck rental for my move from Richmond, VA to Winston-Salem, NC. I made the original reservation a month in advance. I ensure that I received my truck properly, I called in advance to confirm the reservation and was told that all was well. Budget then called me shortly before my pick-up date to let me know that everything was still on track.
On Monday 7/26/2010, I showed up at the Willow Lawn Budget Truck at 8 am for my scheduled pick-up. After waiting twenty minutes for the gentleman to show up, I was told they didn't have my truck. I reminded him that I had called to confirm, and that they had called me to re-confirm. He rudely replied, "Well, I don't know about any of that, but if I don't have a truck, I don't have a truck." I asked him if there was another size truck available, and he said no. He turned, appearing to leave the office, so I told him that he needed to help find a truck for me to fulfill the reservation.
After a long wait (that included computer crashes and no-answers at other stores), he found another truck in town - a truck without air conditioning (on a 95 degree day!). The only other option was to drive 30 miles out of our way to pick up a different truck. So out of desperation (we were on a tight schedule due to the out-of-state move), we chose the non-air conditioned truck. The truck felt unsteady to drive, was very old and loud, and generally felt unsafe. The treads on the tires were also worn terribly.
After completing a long (not to mention excessively hot) drive, we arrived and moved into the new apartment. The original drop-off location was 550 Peters Creek Parkway. I was not informed of any changes to that location. We took the truck there, having filled up the gas tank just down the street. Upon arrival, we were informed that that location no longer accepted Budget Trucks, and had not accepted them since a change in management a few months prior. The website only recently (within the last week or two) took down that location, and a Google search still points customers to that location.
We had to drive fifteen miles out of our way to return the truck at the Reynolda Road location. When we arrived, we were told that the gas tank wasn't completely full, and if we didn't take it to fill it up, we would be charged $30. When we "filled" it up, it needed only a gallon and a half of gas. Every person we spoke to at the Budget locations was rude and apathetic. We were told that any compensation or refunds had to be handled by the corporate office. I called the corporate office's customer service line to request compensation for the missing equipment, time delay, and lack of air conditioning on a hot summer's day.
The recorded message on the customer service line states that, "This line is currently busy. To try this line again, press 3; to disconnect, press star." This means that you have to push 3 every 5 seconds (I timed it) to try to connect to a living person. After 31 minutes of pushing 3 every 5 seconds, I gave up and tried the reservation line instead. I was finally connected with a human being, who seemed uninterested in listening to me and tried interrupting me often. She explained that they only guarantee rates, not the equipment, so they are not liable for missing equipment (in other words, they can bite their thumbs at their customers who are left stranded).
In recompense for the delay and inconvenience of no A/C, she offered me a 10% discount off the base rate ($162). I asked to speak to a manager to discuss further compensation, but she refused, saying "you don't understand, it's our polic - we won't give compensation for that." I told her I understand policy, but I wanted to explore other options because of the extreme nature of our Budget experience. I wasn't given a chance to talk to a manager, so I accepted the 10% discount (a mere $16).
She also offered me a letter of apology and a coupon for my next rental, but I told her I will NEVER rent from Budget again. Stay away from Budget Truck rentals. I spoke with other Budget customers who have had similar experiences. They are cheap because they cheat their customers and skimp on customer service. Go with U-Haul instead; they may be pricey, and are not be perfect, but I've had much better experiences with them.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK -- This company represented they and their employees would move us with no problems, this quite simply was a lie. They stated just their employees would move us. A moving company who was subcontracted showed up and made it very clear they were not in any way shape or form owned and operated by Budget. This company was Alpha Van Lines out of New York also, and was very bad, (another review on their site.) This company agreed to the move after the Budget representative advised us on two other occasions other companies were available for the move. Budget advised other companies couldn't meet the very important closing date of our house sale.
Alpha showed up the day before closing and advised they would not be able to move us out in one day, it took several beyond the closing date as they arrived with only two guys, and not several as Budget stated would happen, and they were not Budget employees. The Budget representative and I spent several hours on the phone measuring (me) and advising sizes weights etc of all our household items. This was to "save money (500.00)" other companies would charge to send someone out to estimate. This was a very poor decision on my part, but seemed to make sense at the time. The weight according to Alpha was off by over 2 tons!
Alpha did not re-weigh the load as stated they would, but still hold you up for the over amount before they will release your property. Anyway, this moved cost several thousand dollars more than estimated by Budget say nothing about lost, stolen, damaged goods and house cleaning costs. All of which Budget will accept no responsibility, say nothing about not even responding to my or BBB inquiries.
The Budget representative also stated he definitely would be available the day of our move if there were any problems (even pretended to check his schedule), but was not as problems did arise obviously. He was not available at any time that day or since the move, and refuses to answer calls or emails. Another representative stated she was the boss and would deal with Alpha for me stating she "had them by the balls" due to the business climate, but she never did anything or return calls. This seems to be a requirement of Budget of their employees. All in all I would not recommend Budjet for anything to anyone.
This company lies and lies and lies and has no remorse for the families that they screw over. We were given a pickup day of Oct. 27th. A week before that date, they said "due to scheduling problems" that our date had been postponed until Nov. 4th. We have patience... so we said, "okay". On Nov. 4th, we called dispatch and they informed us that because of other families not being prepared... they could not even start to load our possessions until the next evening. Then, the next evening they said, "How about we do it all tomorrow morning, we have a few guys (one of which they said they pay in cash... why they told us this is beyond me and sheer stupidity.)
So Saturday rolls around and nobody shows up. We were told that something happened to the truck, a part blew in the motor. Then this week, we were not given a phone call. We left a message stating that we demand to know when they will show up if EVER! We get an email stating they estimate they will be here between November 17th-20th. And who knows when they would actually drop off our belongings, halfway across the country. Do you know what the rude woman (named ** by the way) said to me? "The email reservation was the only one you made. There is no record of anything before that!" WHAT?!
So we were hallucinating the calls (on my phone records, by the way) and constant excuses? I lost almost a month, if I'm lucky, when this is all said and done. They are only brokers and they can't even do that job correctly? And by the way... if anyone at Budget Van Lines is reading this (don't deny it's your company... cause it is. Your phone number is 18006116001) do not ever make your customers feel stupid or mistreat them... I have read far too much about you and you cannot tell me "Oh. that's another company that uses our name." Please.
Thank you for hurting my husband's ability to make income at his new job and thank you for making it impossible for me to move my three disabled children without incident, worry or stress. This is ALL fact so do us all a favor and stop lying... your reputation on the internet speaks for itself.
Budget Van Lines is the worst moving company I've ever encountered in my life! I hired Budget Van Lines to move me from Tampa to Ft. Knox, Ky. I've moved very often in my life and have never encountered the issues I've had with this company. I was moving a one bed apartment and was originally quoted on $1200 and then told it would be .29 a lb for anything added. I added about five more boxes. I had everything packed and sealed and then proceeded to wait for 2 days for these movers to arrive. I called and called and called this company and their subcontractor several times.
First they said, "Friday between 4 and 6" then "between 7 & 8" and so on and so on. When they finally arrived they proceeded to tell me that we would have to pay $3000!!! Then I freaked out on them, and they said $2100. The movers arrived with an empty, unweighed truck and said we'd have to wait a few hours for them to get the truck weighed or be charged by the square foot. Since my husband had to report to base in less than 18 hours and I was supposed to be out of my apt a day earlier, waiting a few hours wasn't an option. They quoted us so much and said our furniture would be delivered only a couple days later.
We received our stuff over a week later in poor condition. Plus, they managed to squeeze all of my furniture into a space smaller than a parking space. Everything was shoved on top of everything mixed with other peoples stuff. I've called and left dozens of messages with Budget Van Lines and their subcontractor. NO ONE contacted me during this hellish move process to inform me when anything was being picked up or delivered. Nor have I been contacted regarding my damaged furniture.
My husband and I will be moving every 6 to 12 months for the next 6 years and will NEVER use this company again. They lost thousands in future moving costs. I will make sure none of our military friends use this company either. My advice: if you're looking for a good, inexpensive moving company, not to use Budget Van Lines. You will be screwed and you're better off spending more and being able to depend on your movers.
I was told they can move my piano and other important items and was given a quote. I was told that the movers would be piano movers and as they arrived they did not know how to move my piano, they also filled the dumpster outside my home full of trash from their own truck. When I fired them as they did not know what they were doing and were stepping way out of line by filling the dumpster without asking me.
Budget, who knew the situation charged me anyway and refused to pay me back, even though I never saw a contract. It was never faxed and all the other reasons I've already mentioned. It is a shame that people choose to run a company with these type of tactics. SHAME ON THEM!
Do not reserve a truck from Budget! There is no guarantee that the truck will actually be available. I was given less than 20 hours notice that Budget was unable to honor my reservation. I had to locate a truck at the last minute on top of all of the other stressors that come with moving. Thankfully Uhaul was able to find a truck for me at the last minute. Budget should run their business honorably and only take the reservations that they can actually fill. Seems like common sense and common decency, but it is beyond the capabilities of the terrible people at Budget. Do not use this company for your move!
We went to pick up a one way rental in Nashville TN, however there were no trucks at the location!!! Since then I've read that a lot of other people have had this problem. If only I had known before. Apparently they only guarantee the price and not that they will actually have a truck available. What kind of stupidity is that! I had made the reservation online and tried to call the location twice to confirm (one time no one answered, the other time the guy said, "Oh it should be here, my computer is down so I can't check but if everything was OK online, then you're fine")
Both myself and another customer were there to pick up trucks and had reservations but there were NO trucks.
We specifically made reservations at the location because we didn't have transportation to another location. The budget representative seemed totally inept and had no options for us except to go to another location, but he didn't even offer to bring the truck to our current location. Also the other location didn't have the size we had reserved, only larger and we specifically wanted a small truck for ease of driving and better gas mileage. He said we could try to call customer service the next day to get a discount but when I called, the phone reps said they couldn't do anything and were very curt and unfriendly.
Luckily the other customer gave me a ride to the other location. But both of us were extremely upset. It took over two hours for us to get our trucks. I was disgusted at the ineptness and disorganization of the budget rental company.
PANAMA CITY BEACH, FLORIDA -- I would NOT recommend Budget. Although they may be cheaper, their service is awful. I had reserved a truck online, and I even got a confirmation of the truck rental. AN HOUR before I needed to pick-up the truck, a representative calls and informs me that they do not have a truck available. I had arranged movers for loading and unloading, etc for an out of town move. Then they tell me they don't have anything in the county, and the closest truck they have is 1.5 to 2 hours away. And there is nothing they can do about it.
Give me a break; don't inform me 1 HOUR before I need the truck that you don't have anything. PLEASE do not use Budget, unless you want a company that doesn't guarantee you a truck for your move. Moving is stressful enough; don't let an irresponsible and inconsiderate company make it worse.


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OnLive is definitely one of the most revolutionary gaming platforms, introducing cloud gaming at its finest. While we're not yet able to use our Android devices for OnLive gaming, HTC Flyer users must be happy to see the OnLive viewer just came to their tablet via a recent update. As the name entails, you won't be able to play with this app. But it will allow you to watch your fellow gamers playing online.
While the Flyer is the only lucky device to get this treat, our friends over at XDA have found a work around. And the apk is available for you to try out. You can find the apk file over at their forums, and it's posted at the bottom of the first page.
If you're a hard-core gamer, go on and test the apk on your devices. Please let us know if/how it works for you, just so we can get an idea of the compatibility. Also, don't forget to tell us which phone you're using to test this apk file.
I tested the OnLive Viewer on the HTC Thunerbolt and the HTC EVO 3D. The app worked perfectly for both devices. I also recorded a short video that demonstrates the installation procedure and includes a preview of what the app is like. The video is posted below if you have any issues or just want to see what it's like before you try it.